Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

FIREARMS ACT 1996 - SECT 52

    (1)     The categories of licences, the kinds of licences, the firearms to which they apply, and the possession or use they authorise, are set out in schedule 3.

    (2)     In addition to the firearms mentioned in schedule 3, column 3 that are excluded from category C and D licences, a regulation may prescribe other firearms that are excluded from the category.

    (3)     A regulation may prescribe subcategories of category H licences.

    (4)     The possession or use authorised by a licence is subject to any regulation.

    (5)     The registrar may declare the category of a firearm if—

        (a)     the firearm does not have a category under this Act; or

        (b)     it is not clear to which category the firearm belongs.

Note     Category , of firearm—see the dictionary.

    (6)     A declaration is a disallowable instrument.

Note     A disallowable instrument must be notified, and presented to the Legislative Assembly, under the Legislation Act

.

    (7)     The registrar must give additional public notice of the declaration.

Note     Public notice means notice on an ACT government website or in a daily newspaper circulating in the ACT (see Legislation Act

, dict, pt 1). The requirement in s (7) is in addition to the requirement for notification on the legislation register as a disallowable instrument.